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The Gender Equity Index (GEI) Reports: No Country in the World Treats its Women as Well as its Men
Social Watch, 2005The Gender Equity Index (GEI), which was developed by Social Watch in 2004, shows that there is not a single country in the world today where women have the same opportunities as men. This paper describes the GEI, which ranks 134 countries on a scale of 1 to 12 and allows comparisons of women's situations in these countries over time.DocumentAccountability for the Progress of Women: Women Demanding Action
2000What mechanisms are there for holding government to account over international commitments to furthering gender equality? How can we measure if government policy commitments to gender equality are backed up by resource commitments?DocumentGender Equality, the New Aid Environment and Civil Society Organisations: a Research Project of the UK Gender and Development Network
BRIDGE, 2008This report provides a response to a growing concern among Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) about the fast changing aid structures, such as direct budget support, pooled funding schemes for supporting civil society and other forms of donor alignment.DocumentMoney Matters: the Strategic Relevance of Donor Funding Targets and Conditionalities for Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality Results
2007Hivos provides financial support and capacity building to civil society organisations in the global South and East. Hivos has been successful at ensuring that women's empowerment and gender equality remains high on its funding agenda during the past two decades.DocumentThe Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) Aid Effectiveness and Women's Rights Series
2007The Paris Declaration is the most recent donor-partner agreement designed to increase the impact of aid.DocumentTunaweza (kiswahili: we can do it!): Measuring the Impact of Sport on Girls? Life Skills
BRIDGE, 2008How can we be sure that sport-in-development is a useful tool for improving life skills among girls and young women? This paper presents a method for measuring changes in life skills developed by Moving the Goalposts (MTG), a sport-in-development program in Kilifi, Kenya which uses football to improve the life skills of participants.DocumentLesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Grantmaking In The Global South and East - a Global Gaze
BRIDGE, 2007What is the state of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) grant-making and receiving organisations in the Global South and East? This report includes key findings about givers and receivers of LGBTI grant-making.Document"We Know What We Need!" South Asian Women Speak Out On Climate Change Adaptation
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007Poor women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal are struggling to protect their lives, homes, assets and livelihoods from weather-related hazards caused by climate change. Nevertheless, women are not passive victims of climate change. This report presents field research conducted in the Ganga river basin in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, with poor women in rural areas.DocumentThoughts on Dignity
BRIDGE, 2007If we are to advance and make real the vision of a world in which human beings enjoy all their human rights in peace, we need to consider the utility of the concept of 'dignity'. This essay discusses the possibility that the concept of 'dignity' may help in advancing a holistic approach to theory and practice meant for inspiring peace and equity.DocumentPolishing the stone: A Journey Through the Promotion of Gender Equality in Development Projects
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007It is now generally accepted that gender equity contributes to development, yet there are still remarkable differences between the access women and men have to assets, decision-making, power and participation in productive and reproductive activities.Pages